Apparel appurtenance.



Patented June-27, |899.

W. J. WORDEN.

APPAREL APPURTENANCE.

(Application led June 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILL J. VORDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS J. PRINGLILOF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN'.

APPAREL APPURTENANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,949, dated .Tune` 27, 1899.

Application filed Tune 9, 1898. Serial No. 683,025. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILL J. WORDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Slate of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparel Appurtenances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention contemplates the provision of a device for connecting the waist and skirt of a dress together and securing a belt or the like in position, and its novelty and many advantages will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional view illustrating my improved device in operation. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 comprises perspective views of the two meinbersof the device. Fig.- 4 is a rear elevation of a modification. l

Referring by letter to the said drawings, and more particularly to Figs. l to 3 thereof, A is the waistof a dress, having a buttonhole at ct.

B is the skirt, the lapped portions of which have coincident buttonholes b.

C is a belt of leather or other suitable inaterial, and D is my improved device for connecting the waist and skirt together and securing the belt in position. The said device D is made of German silver or other material suitable to the purpose, and comprises ainember E and a member F, which for the sake of convenience I will lhereinafter term a button and a retainin,9,plate,7 respectively. The button E has a flat head c at one end, which is designed to rest at the inner side of the Waist A, and a shank or stem d, which is flat, as shown, and is designed to be passed through the coincident buttonholes a b of the waist and skirt after the manner shown in Fig. 1, when byreason of its being fiat it will be securelyheld against turning. At its outer end the shank or stem d is reduced, as indicated by e, and provided with the elongated head f, so as to permit of it being placed'in engagement with the retaining-plate F. |The said retaining-plate, which is designed to rest at the outside of the'skirt, is provided with an elongated aperture g of a size for the passage of the head f, and is also provided with a marginal flange h along one edge and a skirt t' ou the same, as shown.

In using my improved device the shank or stem of the button is passed through the apertures a b of the waist and skirt, as before described, and the plate Fis held in a position at right angles to that shown in Fig. l and is placed on the shank and given a quarter-turn, so as to enable the head f to secure it in position. With this done it will be seen that the plate retains the button in position and is securely held in turn by the button.-

After the button and retainingplate are placed and secured in position, as described, the belt C is secured about the waist and is arranged so as to rest below the iia'nge h of the waist and within the depending skirt t' thereof. n against moving upwardly, and at the same time the plate F is prevented from turning and becoming disengaged from the button. The button is also prevented from turning by reason of its flat shank resting snugly in the coincident buttonholes of the waist and shank, and it will therefore lloe appreciated that there is no liability of any part of the device casually working loose.

It will be apparentfrom the foregoing that my improved device is adapted to be easily and quickly placed in position and as readily removed when desired; also, that it securely holds the waist, skirt, and belt in their proper relative positions and does not in any way detract from-the appearance of the dress.

In Fig. 4 is illustrated a modification of the invention which is designed for use when a girdle C and a ribbon C2 are to be worn about the waist in lieu of a belt such as shown in Figs. l and 2. The button E of this modified device is similar in all respects to that shown in Figs. l to 3 and is similarly used. The retaining-plate F is also similar to the plate F, before described, with the exception that it is provided with slots h' instead of a flange h.

In using the improved device the plate F', with the girdle extending through the slots thereof, is connected tothe button E in the manner'before described after the shank of the button is passed through the coincident By reason of this the belt is held IOO buttonholes of the Waist A and skirt B. The girdle C' is then tied about the Waist, after which the ribbon O2 is placed over the girdle and the plate F and is suitably secured in position.

In both embodiments of my invention it Will be noticed that the retaining-plate and the belt are placed in engagement, and in consequence each serves to effectually prevent casual movement of the other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of a Waist and a skirt having coincident apertures or buttonholes, a button having a fiat shank resting snugly in the apertures or buttonholes of the Waist and skirt and provided at its outer end With the reduced portion e and elongated head f, a retaining-plate having the elongated aperture for the passage of the head fof the button, and a suitable belt secured about the Waist and engaging the retaining-plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Thedevicedescribedcomprisingthebutton having the flat shank with the fiat head c at one end and the reduced portion e and elongated head f at its opposite end, and a retaining-plate having an elongated aperture for the passage of the head f of the button and also having belt-holding means, substantially as specified.

3. The device described comprising the button having the fiat shank with the flat head c at one end and the reduced portion e and elongated head f at its opposite end, and a retaining-plate having an elongated aperture for the passa-ge of the head f of the button, and also having the belt-engaging flange h at its upper edge and the skirt i depending therefrom, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILL J. WGRDEN.

Vi tnesses:

W. J. HlLLs, J. D. WORDEN. 

